TikTok influencers file lawsuit to block Montana ban
msn.comprohibiting locals from downloading TikTok onto their personal phones. A group of five users including a female military veteran, a stay-at-home mother and a fitness influencer have now sued the state.
They claim the ban is an unlawful “prior restraint on expression that violates the First Amendment” of the US constitution. “By shuttering an entire forum for communication that Defendant Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen himself admitted is one of ‘the best way[s] to get your free speech out there’, the law creates a prior restraint on expression that violates the First Amendment,” the TikTokers’ legal filing states.
Heather DiRocco, an ex-US Marine Corps sergeant, said in court papers that her 200,000 followers contribute a “substantial portion” of her income thanks to her posts about comedy, makeup and mental health.
Fellow plaintiff Carly Ann Goddard said she tripled her family’s income after starting a TikTok account to share clips of her life as the wife of a cattle rancher, with her account having 95,000 followers.
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